Get the Picture: Personal History of Photojournalism - Hardcover

Morris, John G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679452583 ISBN 13: 9780679452584

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1998

Synopsis

A universally acknowledged expert on the subject delivers an engrossing account of the Golden Age of photojournalism, beginning with the ascendence of Life magazine during World War II, complemented by ninety black-and-white photographs. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

James G. Morris describes himself as a journalist, yet not a writer or a photographer. He has spent a lifetime organizing photographers. For more than 50 years, he has commissioned, cajoled and cared about that unusual breed the photojournalist. "Get the Picture" is his richly illustrated personal account of a life that leads us from the heady days at "Life" (first as Hollywood correspondent, then, through the turbulent years of the second world war, as London picture editor) via the executive editorship of the legendary Magnum Photos, and positions as picture editor at "The Ladies Home Journal," "The Washington Post" and "The New York Times." A glance at the index gives some indication of the extraordinary world Morris lived through. --David Wason "Times Higher Education Supplement ""

His best stories from the field are not tagging along with Capa and Hemingway . . . or having drinks at the Ritz in Paris with Marlene Dietrich; they are his less flashy but moving descriptions of the Japanese internment camps in California.
--Leslie Cockburn "Los Angeles Times Book Review ""

Going through Morris s book of memories, I felt I was sitting in front of a magic lantern.
--Henri Cartier-Bresson"

[Morris] weaves photographers, anecdotes, players, history and a credo or two into an engaging and informative tale.
--Rosemary Ranck "New York Times Book Review ""

"James G. Morris describes himself as a journalist, yet not a writer or a photographer. He has spent a lifetime organizing photographers. For more than 50 years, he has commissioned, cajoled and cared about that unusual breed--the photojournalist. Get the Picture is his richly illustrated personal account of a life that leads us from the heady days at Life (first as Hollywood correspondent, then, through the turbulent years of the second world war, as London picture editor) via the executive editorship of the legendary Magnum Photos, and positions as picture editor at The Ladies Home Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times. A glance at the index gives some indication of the extraordinary world Morris lived through."--David Wason "Times Higher Education Supplement "

"His best stories from the field are not tagging along with Capa and Hemingway . . . or having drinks at the Ritz in Paris with Marlene Dietrich; they are his less flashy but moving descriptions of the Japanese internment camps in California."

--Leslie Cockburn "Los Angeles Times Book Review "

"Going through Morris's book of memories, I felt I was sitting in front of a magic lantern."

--Henri Cartier-Bresson

"[Morris] weaves photographers, anecdotes, players, history and a credo or two into an engaging and informative tale."

--Rosemary Ranck "New York Times Book Review "

"His best stories from the field are not tagging along with Capa and Hemingway . . . or having drinks at the Ritz in Paris with Marlene Dietrich; they are his less flashy but moving descriptions of the Japanese internment camps in California."

--Leslie Cockburn "Los Angeles Times Book Review "

"Going through Morris's book of memories, I felt I was sitting in front of a magic lantern."

--Henri Cartier-Bresson

About the Author:

John G. Morris grew up in Chicago and was educated at the University of Chicago. He was a Hollywood correspondent for Life, picture editor for Life's London bureau during the war years, picture editor at Ladies' Home Journal, the first executive editor of Magnum Photos, picture editor for both The Washington Post and The New York Times, and a correspondent and editor for National Geographic. Morris lives in Paris with his wife, photographer Tana Hoban.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679452583
• ISBN 13: 9780679452584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336